Reciting Ayat al-Kursi and the Mu'awwidhat before sleep for one in a state of major ritual impurity

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it not permissible to recite Ayat al-Kursi and Surat al-Kafirun before sleep if one is in a state of major ritual impurity? Likewise, is it permissible to recite the Mu'awwidhat before sleep if one is in a state of major ritual impurity?

Answer:
No, he does not recite. If he is in a state of major ritual impurity, he does not recite Ayat al-Kursi or the Mu'awwidhat, because this is Qur'an, and he does not recite it while in a state of major ritual impurity. He performs wudu' or takes a ghusl, and then he recites the Qur'an. He may recite the supplications that are not from the Qur'an, such as the supplications for sleep, like "I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created," and "O Allah, I have laid my side to You and surrendered my soul to You," and so on, and "In Your name, O Allah, " and "By it You preserve Your righteous servants." He may recite the dhikr mentioned in the hadiths. As for reciting any part of the Qur'an before sleep, he must be in a state of purity from major ritual impurity.